THE PINCUS FAMILY FOUNDATION has awarded a $550,000 grant to Tulane University to create a new, interdisciplinary program that will train future leaders in community-focused violence prevention in New Orleans. The Pincus Family Foundation Violence Prevention Scholarship at Tulane University will bring faculty from the Tulane Violence Prevention Institute (VPI) and its network of community partners together to launch a…
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MS in Clinical Investigation fills need for gap year program
The Department of Epidemiology has revised its Master of Science program in Clinical Investigation (MSCI). The program now requires 36 credits and can be completed in one year. “We looked at the students who were attracted to the existing program and surveyed program offerings across the country,” said Amanda Anderson who co-directs the MSCI program with Epidemiology Department Chair Jiang…
Keep Reading MS in Clinical Investigation fills need for gap year programA big year for Tulane Fogarty Global Health Fellows
A record four Tulane affiliates have been named as Fogarty Global Health Fellows for 2019-2020. Fellows participate in collaborative, mentored, global health research training in low- and middle-income countries. The Global Health Fellows is the flagship program of the Fogarty International Center at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The program is coordinated by six consortia, and Tulane is a…
Keep Reading A big year for Tulane Fogarty Global Health FellowsResilience-building is transferable in communities after a disaster
A team of community health researchers including individuals from Tulane University recently examined ways to address behavioral health needs after disasters. The resulting study, “Case Study of Resilient Baton Rouge: Applying Depression Collaborative Care and Community Planning to Disaster Recovery,” published in the June issue of International Journal of Environmental and Public Health, illustrates how in the context of a…
Keep Reading Resilience-building is transferable in communities after a disasterAn “extra strength” nutrition master’s degree
The nutrition section of the Department of Global Community Health and Behavioral Sciences (GCHB) is launching a new training program targeted at nutrition students interested in working in the maternal and child health (MCH) area. The program is being funded by the U.S. Health Resources & Services Administration, and Tulane was one of two programs in the country added to…
Keep Reading An “extra strength” nutrition master’s degree